Foxes jumping on trampolines!

Tour blog #4: A flying visit to Thunder Bay

Yes, people, I am back again from a whirlwind trip to the lovely Thunder Bay, Ontario. Thunder Bay is really quite a nice smaller city on the northwest bank of Lake Superior. It’s a good sixteen-hour drive from Toronto, yet only a 30 minute drive from Minnesota. Weird. Anyway, we flew there yesterday, stayed with the fabulous Glenn and Trisha who, though they don’t have a dog, were very hospitable and fun to hang out with. We did the show today at Lakehead University. A little-known fact about Thunder Bay: When the two towns, Port Arthur and Fort William amalgamated in 1969, a referendum was held to pick a name for the new city. These were the choices:

a) Lakehead
b) THE Lakehead
c) Thunder Bay

No, I’m not making this up. Of course, even though most people referred to the area as “[The] Lakehead”, the vote split and Thunder Bay won. Anyway, the weather there was crap yesterday but beautiful today – really stunningly beautiful, sunny and surprisingly warm, and Glenn and Trisha live more or less across from a mountain range that had mist swirling around its base this morning, looking very Lord of the Rings – and the show went very well. I almost made it through the high note at the end of my Stravinsky aria (I’ll get the full 12 beats at least one of these shows, dammit) and yes, I’m rushing this a bit because HOLY SHIT, McCain just conceded. Wow. I wasn’t expecting that. I was expecting something more along the lines of a three week Supreme Court battle.

Anyway, go out and have a post-election beer, whether to celebrate or drown your sorrows. Here’s a photo of Ben, myself, Glenn and Trisha:

I'm the one in purple with the nose ring

We nearly missed our plane home, since it left less than two hours after the show ended…but we made it to the airport in time, and our bags even made it onto the plane, and we watched as much of “Indecision 2008” that CTV showed. Here’s Gus’ reaction to American politics:

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